Giani the ubiquitous Dem rooted in the territory

Eugenio Giani, 66, was reconfirmed president of the Region of Tuscany with 54% of the votes, with the support of the wide field that redeemed the defeats in Marche and Calabria. School, work, infrastructures and health are the priorities of Giani's electoral programme, which can count on a vast progressive field: in addition to the PD, there are obviously Avs, M5s, and then, united in the civic list 'Casa riformista' Iv, Più Europa, Psi, and Pri. In 2020 he was elected president of the Region of Tuscany with 48.62% of the votes, overtaking his centre-right opponent Susanna Ceccardi (who collected 40.46%) and M5s competitor Irene Galletti (6.4%).

'I feel like the president of the whole of Tuscany, for me it is an extraordinary satisfaction, it is a thrill to see such an evident and clear result from the very first bars, I think it indicates a Tuscany that decides with autonomy, with its brain and with the values that this region expresses freedom, democracy, social justice. And that looks to the future with a progressive culture'. This is how Eugenio Giani greeted the victory

If there is an embodiment of ubiquity, it is he, Eugenio Giani. Always on the move, an unspeakable amount of inaugural ribbons cut, he has campaigned from the playgrounds to the markets to social media.

Bonacciniano al congresso, Giani non ha incontrato subito le simpatie della segretaria Pd Elly Schlein. Anzi, è vero il contrario: lunghi periodi di freddezza, e non è un mistero che almeno fino a primavera sul tavolo del Nazareno l’opzione della sostituzione del governatore, con la discesa in campo di un candidato più vicino alla segretaria dem, è stata apertissima. In nome dell’allargamento della coalizione ai 5 Stelle, finora all’opposizione. Quando ha fiutato l’aria ha coinvolto con appelli e manifesti i sindaci toscani, la vastissima rete di amministratori grandi e piccoli che lui coltiva da anni e che lo sostiene. A quel punto il Pd ha trattato con lui: coalizione larga, posti in giunta. Ed è arrivata la candidatura bis. La sua forza, la “Toscana diffusa” come la chiama lui, la sua profonda conoscenza del territorio. Sui programmi Giani ha sposato i contenuti schleiniani: nell’ultimo anno ha sostenuto e approvato la legge sul fine vita, quella contro gli affitti brevi, quella sul sala

Born on 30 June 1959 in Empoli (Florence), a lawyer with a degree in law from the University of Florence, Giani is a long-standing centre-left politician: in the past he has been a councillor at Palazzo Vecchio, a councillor with numerous responsibilities (from mobility to sport) and president of the city council. A Lombardian, never a Craxian, a close friend of Valdo Spini, he was elected regional councillor in 2015 and became president of the legislative assembly. In 2020 he became a candidate for governor after Enrico Rossi's decade. Against Susanna Ceccardi (League) he struggled at first, but won well, 8 points behind. His greatest boast: having restarted the high-speed train construction sites in Florence, his old favourite.